How to Say “Onion” in Burmese

ကြက်သွန်နီ
krakswanni/t͡ɕɛʔθʊ̀ɴnì/
The Burmese word for onion is ကြက်သွန်နီ (krakswanni). If unsure, use ကြက်သွန်နီ. Wiktionary also lists ကြက်သွန် (krakswan).
Meaning: bulb (noun)

Ways to say it

“onion” in Burmese
Burmese Romanization (Wiktionary) IPA
ကြက်သွန်နီ krakswanni /t͡ɕɛʔθʊ̀ɴnì/
ကြက်သွန် krakswan /t͡ɕɛʔθʊ̀ɴ/

The term refers to the bulb of an onion.

What does it mean word for word?

The word ကြက်သွန်နီ is composed of krakswan (onion or bulb) and ni (red).

How do you pronounce it?

The romanization is krakswanni. The IPA is /tɕɛʔθʊ̀ɴnì/.

Did you know?

  • The first syllable of ကြက်သွန် (onion) sounds exactly like the Burmese word for 'chicken', which is ကြက် (krak).

Examples in context

  • ကြက်သွန်နီ အများကြီး လိုအပ်တယ်။
    kyet thon ni amyarr gyi lo aut tal.
    I need a lot of onions.
  • ကြက်သွန်နီ ပြတ်နေပြီလား။
    kyet thon ni pyat nay pyi larr?
    Are the onions out of stock?
  • ကြက်သွန်နီ တစ်လုံး ဝယ်ခဲ့ပါ။
    kyet thon ni ta lone wal khè par.
    Please buy one onion.

Example conversation

At a small grocery store.

  1. ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zaw

    ကြက်သွန်နီ ရှိသလား။
    kyet thon ni shi tha larr?
    Do you have any onions?
  2. မြတ်နိုး Myat Noe

    ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ ရှိပါတယ်။
    hoke kè, shi par tal.
    Yes, we have them.
  3. ဇော်ဇော် Zaw Zaw

    အိတ်ထဲမှာ ကြက်သွန်နီ ပါလား။
    ate hte mhar kyet thon ni par larr?
    Are there onions in the bag?
  4. မြတ်နိုး Myat Noe

    ဟုတ်ကဲ့၊ ထည့်ပေးထားပါတယ်။
    hoke kè, hte pay htar par tal.
    Yes, I have put them in.
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